Shuttle-binder for looms.



No. 703,498. f Patented my l, |902.- E. s. sTlMPsoN. l f 4SHUTTLE BINDER FDR LOUMS.

(Application iled Jan. 2, 1902.)

(No Model.)

i UNITED SIATESI EDWARD S. STIMPSON, OE I-IOPEDALE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO DRAPER COMPANY, v,or Tron orMAINE.

HOPEDALE, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORA- 'SAHUTTLE-BIND'ER FORLOOMS.

sPEcIrrcATIoN vforming par@ of Letters Patent No. 703,498, dated July 1, lena.

Application filed January 2, 1902. Serial No. 87,920. (No model.)

Y companying drawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawings representing like parts.

When a loom stops,l the shuttle is often partly in the shuttle-box, and before starting the loom the attendant must push the shuttle back into the box in order that the picker shall properly cooperate with the shuttle.V

In common looms, wherev the shuttlesare frequently removed and-replaced manually, the shuttle must always be pushed back into place inthe shuttle-box by the attendant, and in either case this hasV to be accomplished against thevresistance of the binder and its strong controlling-spring. The binder is so l0- cated relatively to the cover or guard plate andY wall of the shuttle-box that it-is very difficult for the operative to force the binder outof the shuttle-path with one hand while pushing the shuttle home with the other..

My present invention has for its object the production of simple means whereby the attendant can readily retract the binder with one hand, clearing the shuttle-box, While he pushes the shuttle home with the other hand.

The novel features of my invention willbe hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the following claim.

Figure 1 is a top or plan view, partlybroken out, of one end of the lay of a loom withQthe shuttle-box thereon with one embodiment of my invention applied thereto.' Fig. 2 is arear elevation of the parts shown in Fig l; and Fig. 3 isa perspective view, enlarged, ofthe tin'gerfor thebinder.

The `lay A2, longitudinally -slotted -at 10, Fig.r1, forthe staff of-thle'f picker P, the shuttlc-box, comprising the front wallB,back wall or plate B', and overhanging guard or cover plate B2, the binder BX, pivotally mounted on a stud 19X, and the protector-shaft m, its

lextremel controlling-spring S, Fig. 2, and thearm m2,

having an upturned extension m3 bearing against the binder, may be and are all of Wellknown construction and operate in the usual manner.

The cover-plate B2 usually conceals and overhangs the inner free end of the binder to such an extent that it is practically impossible for the attendant to take hold of and retract the binder when pushing the shuttle home in the box prior to starting the loom. Consequently the inner end ot' the shuttle must be grasped, and by main force the attendant pushes the shuttle in against the resistance offered by the spring S,acting through the binder. l In my'present invention I have provided means Vwhereby the attendant can readily retract thelbinder with one hand While inserting the shuttle ,with the other, and to this end I-provide the binder With an upturned finger f, securedto its outer face and near its inner or freeend, the finger projecting far enough above the cover-plate B2 toenable theoperator to readily grasp it. Preferably-*thehuger is made of metal, cast in the formshown clearly in Fig. 3, the. finger being connected by an offset portion f with the flat body fx, the latter resting against the back of the binder and being secured thereto by suitable screws 8, Fig. 2. A transverse rib f2 is shown on the body, said rib entering a seat or' recess 20, (see Fig. 1,) made in the binder to aid in retainingthe finger in proper position. The offset f prevents engagement of the finger with the cover-plate when the binder isin its inner position. The attendant grasps the iingerjand forces the binder back when the shuttle is to be pushed back into the box, the retraction of the binder being readily accomplished with the expenditure of little lforce, While the shuttle' canvbey easily pushed into place,^facilitating and making easier the Work of Vthe operative.

Having fully described'my invention,- what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv In a loom, the lay, a shuttle-box thereon, a

name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD S. STIMPSON.

GEORGE Oris DRAPER, ERNEST W. WOOD.

tion of the binder.

In testimony whereof I have signed my 

